An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland – and the people who have called them home.
From the highlands to the Channel Islands, via the towns and cities of the nations in between, this is the definitive story of our shared history, told through the groups who lived here. These Isles sketches the evolution of the regions, our relationships with each other, and the legacy of those who have shaped it – from the Celts and Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, Tudors and Stuarts, musicians and playwrights, politicians and nobles, and modern icons.
Chaired by Harry Pearson
“This is a huge book, in which the author slips seamlessly and triumphantly from one subject to another.” – Literary Review
“Entertaining and informative. … Avoids sentimentality and stereotypes. … Groom keeps his history admirably down to earth.’” – The Times, Book of the Week
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